Match-box.



PATENTBD JULY 14, 1908.

. A. B. SPANGLER.

MATCH B0Xlv APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1907.

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ARTHUR BRAND SPANGLER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

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Application led June 18, 1907.

T ovali 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BRAND SPANGLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inMatch-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match boxes, and one of the principal objectsof the same is to provide a match box in which the matches may bedelivered singly therefrom, means being provided whereby one match isalways in position to be withdrawn.

Another object of the invention is to provide a match box of simpleconstruction which. can be quickly filled with matches, and in which onematch is always exposed for withdrawal.

These and 'other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a central vertical section taken through a match box made.in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing anumber of matches in the box, and one match being disposed in-positionto be withdrawn. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3,Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 4 is anedge view of the box.

Referring to thedrawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates the body portion of the box providedwith a cover 2 suitably hinged at 3, said cover being normally closed bymeans of a spring 4 riveted to the box, as at 5, the upper end 6 of thespring engaging a bent catch 7 secured to the cover. The front edge ofthe box is preferably curved, as at 8, and provided with an opening 9near the upper end of said curved edge. The front edge wall 10 of thebox is inclined and is offset at its upper edge away from the box. A pin11 extends across the box at a point some distance from the bottomthereof. A lever 12 pivoted near one end, at 13, within the box, bearsat its upper end at 14 against a column of matches, the outer one 15 ofwhich is heldin the opening 9 in position for withdrawal. After thematch 15 has been withdrawn, the next match is thrown in the sameposition, the pin l 1 engaging the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Serial No. 379,618.

match below its longitudinal center, and the upper end 14 of the leverthrowing the matches singly in position to be withdrawn. The lower end15ab of the lever 12 extends through an opening 16 at the lower rearcorner of the box, said lower end being in position to be operated bythe hand of the user for filling the box and for throwing the upper end14 against the matches.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a match box made inaccordance with my invention will hold a column of matches in positionso that one match is always disposed in position for withdrawal, and assoon as one is withdrawn, another takes its place and so on until allthe matches in the box have been withdrawn.

My match box is of comparatively simple construction, can bemanufacturedat slight cost, and the matches can be withdrawn therefrom withoutreopening the cover of the box after the box has been filled.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A match box provided with an opening at one side near its upper end,an inclined front wall below said opening, a pin extending across thebox below the opening, and a lever pivoted near one end near the bottomof the box with one of its ends projecting through an opening in thebox, said lever being free at both ends and the longer end adapted tobear against a column of matches to hold one of them in position forwithdrawal through said opening.

2. A match box comprising a body portion, a cover therefor, an inclinedfront wall provided with an opening above said wall, a cross pin belowthe opening, a lever free at both ends and pivoted near its lower endwithin the box, one of the ends of said lever projecting through anopening in the box and the upper end adapted to bear against the columnof matches in the box to tip the matches and to present one match at theopening for withdrawal.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ARTHUR BRAND SPANGLER.

Witnesses z K. ALLEN, H. DITTMAN.

